isohume Posted October 1, 2013 Share Posted October 1, 2013 WS Atlas fixing to crush the interior Carolinas? No...more like childish gov't games affecting millions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PSUBlizzicane2007 Posted October 1, 2013 Share Posted October 1, 2013 Ugh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WNash Posted October 2, 2013 Share Posted October 2, 2013 Falco? Rock Me Amadeus Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HurricaneFrances04 Posted October 2, 2013 Share Posted October 2, 2013 C should be Celine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Will - Rutgers Posted October 2, 2013 Share Posted October 2, 2013 Watching TWC as a child really got me into meteorology, along with some books and videoes my wonderful parents gave me. I shudder to think what TWC in the age of the Overhype Twitterverse would do to my ADD-adled 6-year-old brain. Look mom, I know it's sunny and 72 outside, but we're at TOR:CON 2 so keep a sharp lookout OK? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chinook Posted October 2, 2013 Share Posted October 2, 2013 What did TWC call that winter storm danger index thing? In my opinion, calling a winter storm index number, before the storm, is a little too out there. I don't know if it really helps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HalloweenGale Posted October 3, 2013 Share Posted October 3, 2013 What did TWC call that winter storm danger index thing? In my opinion, calling a winter storm index number, before the storm, is a little too out there. I don't know if it really helps. STORMCON Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
battlebrick Posted October 3, 2013 Share Posted October 3, 2013 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greg ralls Posted October 4, 2013 Share Posted October 4, 2013 Winter Storm Atlas is making me wish I was out in Wyoming or South Dakota right now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coach McGuirk Posted October 5, 2013 Share Posted October 5, 2013 Winter Storm Atlas is making me wish I was out in Wyoming or South Dakota right now. Black Hills are getting plastered with snow. Rapid City is getting murdered by heavy, wet snow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TropicalAnalystwx13 Posted October 6, 2013 Share Posted October 6, 2013 The naming criteria was tweaked a bit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eskimo Joe Posted October 8, 2013 Share Posted October 8, 2013 I don't necessarily have an issue with naming storms, the choice of names is just ridiculous. Q and Khan are known Sci-Fi references, Iago and Nemo are known as Disney characters, Gandolf is a Harry Potter reference. It's like they're going out of their way to TRY to be viral. Even if those names are references to other things, they are in the public conscious as pop culture references and nothing more. Good luck trying to convey the seriousness of a blizzard with those kind of names. Many will be stuck on the name and not the message. TWC has already done its damage to the scientific community. During the ''bust'' derecho in the MA this past June we had people on the conference calls asking the NWS about the TorCon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ed Lizard Posted October 8, 2013 Share Posted October 8, 2013 Are there any standards at all for Storm-Con? Tor-Con is basically Forbes own version of the tornado probabilities in integers, and four times larger because of double the radius. That I can understand. But Storm-Con? Silly, but the man did have an advanced degree (MS, Met) and was a space flight meteorologist for NASA, Gene Norman of KHOU-TV 11 had a 'Norman Number', from 1-10, on how nice the day would be. Pointless, and now he has left for greener pastures in Alabama. Although I'd have thought Houston was about as big a mid-market TV hub as any place could be, and was the Triple A league for sending people to Los Angeles or New York. I remember when they sent Lucy Noland down to the minors from New York, like sending Jeter down to the minors to rehab an injury, before calling her back up to the majors at KNBC Los Angeles. I'd think Birmingham would be Double A, and Norman seemed popular enough. Him and Dr. Frank tag teaming the last weather event of any note in SETX, the freak September storm 5 years ago, that was great. Edit to Add- Norman's hours were changed when KHOU's only "met" without a BS in a related field started mornings, the morning met was put on the pre-national news cast, and Norman was put on post-national news and late evening news. He claims his Twitter where he referred to non-BS "met" as "blondie" when his hours were reduced was hacked, but he was indeed busted immediately down to the AA leagues in Alabama. He pioneered the use of a daily subjective rating system called "The Norman Number". This one to ten scale rated the next day's weather, with ten being the very best day (cloudless, warm and dry) and one the worst (dramatic severe weather). Gene also developed the "Weather Where You Live" local forecast graphic that provided viewers with detailed forecasts for specific Houston neighborhoods. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
isohume Posted October 8, 2013 Share Posted October 8, 2013 The naming criteria was tweaked a bit. I wish they wouldn't associate their naming scheme with the NWS. Like it's NWS approved. lolz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
It's Always Sunny Posted October 8, 2013 Share Posted October 8, 2013 I wish they wouldn't associate their naming scheme with the NWS. Like it's NWS approved. lolz I wish they wouldn't name these storms in general. Nothing but a publicity stunt. To be honest, Nemo is the only storm name I remember from last year, but that's mainly because it affected our area, but in general I feel like a lot of names were wasted last season. I'll remember Atlas though, that was a sweet storm for people out in SD. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
isohume Posted October 8, 2013 Share Posted October 8, 2013 I wish they wouldn't name these storms in general. Nothing but a publicity stunt. To be honest, Nemo is the only storm name I remember from last year, but that's mainly because it affected our area, but in general I feel like a lot of names were wasted last season. I'll remember Atlas though, that was a sweet storm for people out in SD. Yeah it's just an obvious and pathetic money grab. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ed Lizard Posted October 8, 2013 Share Posted October 8, 2013 Yeah it's just an obvious and pathetic money grab. I seriously believe it is only for the Twitter hashtag. I don't know how many re-tweets I saw where people talked about Winter storm hashtag something. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
isohume Posted October 8, 2013 Share Posted October 8, 2013 I seriously believe it is only for the Twitter hashtag. I don't know how many re-tweets I saw where people talked about Winter storm hashtag something. I thought it was funny NBC didn't mention TWC's storm names on the nightly news last year. That's gotta zing a bit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coach McGuirk Posted October 10, 2013 Share Posted October 10, 2013 I think it's dumb to name winter storms but whatever. TWC can do whatever they want. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PSUBlizzicane2007 Posted January 22, 2014 Share Posted January 22, 2014 Looks like TWC's insistence on naming winter storms has finally bitten them in the... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cny rider Posted January 23, 2014 Share Posted January 23, 2014 I have Directv and I'm not missing TWC at all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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